Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/nanuka

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *nanuka (“seven days”).

Numeral

*nanuka

  1. seven days

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 七日 (nanka) (in compounds)
    • Kunigami: 七日 (nankā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 七日 (nanxa)
    • Okinawan: 七日 (nanka)
    • Okinoerabu: 七日 (nankā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 七日 (nanka)
    • Tokunoshima: 七日 (nanka)
    • Yoron: 七日 (nanuka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
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